Combination hoe and rake



- May 6, 1930. c. IGEFFKEN 1,757,942

COMBINATION HOE AND RAKE Filed June 26, 1928 grluentoz Claim ae//ler1 3%W I I 6H0: u e 1 Patented May 6, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE" cumssurname, or nuanme'ron, WASHINGTON, assrenon or TWENTY-FOUR AND ONE-HALFran cam: T0 ARTHUR e. FRANKLIN AND rwzam-roun m omimr run. cnn'r T0woman 3. ORESSEY COMBINATION EOE AND RAKE "Application filed June as,

/ and weeds and the rake used to gather the same up for burning. Theprovision of two cutting edges or hoes, one at eachside of the rake, isan advantage in cutting out or blocking ranged 1n rows as it allows theoperator to stand between two rows, taking the two at onetrip.' V

Another object of the invention is to 'provide a combination garden toolof the character described which, hav' expensive to manufacture.

Theinvention will be best understood from panyingdrawings forming partof this speci-: cation, with the understanding, however, that theinvention is not confined to any,strict conformity with the showingofthe but maybe changed or modified so long as tool is of simple designand may such changes or modifications mark nomaterial departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim. rv

In the drawings gigure 1 is a perspective ner ace of thesame', I rReferring to the'drawing detail, where in likecnum'erals of referenceindicate corview r the tool responding parts throughout the several outbetween plants which are arthe rake andhoe portion formed in one piecewill be. in-

re 2 is a view in elevation" of the in- 1923. Serial no; 288,457.

views, the numeral 1' indicates generally the rake portion of the toolwhich, as shown, comprises a relatively lon back portion 2 from whichthe teeth 3 pro ect. the teeth extending throughout thelength of theback in the usual manner.

At each end of the back portion 2, there is formed a hoe wing 4 whichextends upwardly from the rake back. I

Each of the hoe wings 4 has its'outer edge edge 5 which extendsthroughout the outer edge of the adjacent end tooth of the rake, to thepoint of the same. The rake structure 1 and wings 4 which constitute thehoe portions, are preferably formed in onepiece from a solid sheet ofmetal.

beveled or sharpened toprovide the cutting From the central portion ofthe rake back 2 there extends upwardly an arm 6 and from the inner orback edge of each hoe portion 4 there extends inwardly toward the centerof the tool, an arm 7, the arms 7 and the single arm 6 meeting at thecentral portion of the tool and at a. point substantially in alinementwith the topedges of the hoes from which point the three arms curvedownwardly and then extend in a direction at substantial- 1y rightangles to'one face of the tooljoining to form the tang 8. To thistang asuitable handle 9 is attached, the handle having over its inner end theusual reinforcing sleeve 10 Having described my invention what I A claimis A tool of the character described, comprising an elongated flat bodyformed to provide a plurality of tines each end of the body be- Inenlarged and extending a direction sugstantially parallel'to said tinesto form a hoe, the outer edge of each hoe being obhquely angledvvithfg'espect to the longitudinal axis of said body and sharpened, ahandle, and a plurality of arms connecting the handle to the body, twothereof being connected to and extending from the back edge of a hoe and5 one connected to the edge of the body intermediate its ends, said armsbeing brought together and joined at substantially the transverse centerof the body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature.

CLAUS GEFFKEN.

